Better Is Nice

Highland Kismet

Highland Kismet Rebounds In Bluegrass Action Saturday

September 28, 2024

After a break in the 2024 Canadian Trotting Classic, Highland Kismet rebounded strongly on a sloppy Saturday, Sept. 28 at The Red Mile in preparation for a rematch with Hambletonian winner Karl in nex...

Louprint, Better Is Nice, Dame Good Time, Date Night Hanover

Kentucky Champions Crowned At Red Mile

September 16, 2024

The Kentucky Championship Series wrapped up on Sunday night, Sept. 15 at The Red Mile with eight $540,541 finals.

Tim Tetrick

Tetrick Joins 14,000 Win Club

September 02, 2024

On a gorgeous Monday (Sept. 2) Tim Tetrick had plenty to smile about as he became the seventh driver in the history of harness racing to steer 14,000 winners when Reload captured the $13,514 fourth le...

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Better Is Nice, Super Chapter Relish The Red Mile

August 05, 2024

The Red Mile returned to the scene with 31 races between the Sunday (Aug. 4) and Monday (Aug. 5) card, highlighted by the triumphant return of Kentucky champion Better Is Nice and the bluegrass debut ...

Youhadmeathalo

Youhadmeathalo Matches Track Record In KYSS

The Greenshoe Filly Youhadmeathalo went a robust mile on the 14-race Kentucky Sire Stake (KYSS) day at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Monday, June 24, matching the track record for three-year-old...

TROT N.A. Cup Spring Book Profile: Better Is Nice & Captain Luke

The Alagna Armada is well-represented in the Top 10 on the road to the 2024 North America Cup with two standout colts, Captain Luke and Better Is Nice.

Harness racing at The Meadowlands

Meadowlands Kicks Off Championship Meet This Weekend

Things are starting to heat up at The Meadowlands, and what better way to kick off the 14-week Championship Meet this weekend than with the top simulcast event in all of horse racing serving as a prel...

Joe Holloway, Halycon and Bettor Sweet

Holloway, Rosenfeld Reflect On 'Crown' Moments

October 27, 2023

It was a brand new concept in 1984 when the first Breeders Crown events were raced throughout North America. What would the year-end championship races produce in each division, and would these additi...

Geocentric winning at Hoosier Park

Streaks Continue In Breeders Crown Eliminations

October 20, 2023

The second night of Breeders Crown eliminations took place on Friday, Oct. 20 at Harrah's Hoosier Park with the finalists determined for the two-year-old pacing divisions and three-year-old filly divi...

Captain Albano, winning at The Red Mile

Captain Albano Downs Newsroom In Bluegrass Stakes

September 29, 2023

Pennsylvania Sires Stakes champion Captain Albano waited to make his attack on even-money favourite Newsroom and mowed him down off a fast clip to end his unbeaten streak with a 1:49.2 win in the $87,...

Confederate

Confederate, Geocentric Roll In Red Mile Championship Events

September 17, 2023

Two of the sport’s brightest stars, Confederate and Geocentric, sparkled on a superb 10-race card, which offered $3.4 million in prize money and included eight $400,000 Kentucky Championship Series fi...

French Wine

French Wine Upends Tactical Approach At The Red Mile

August 27, 2023

Kentucky champion French Wine outfooted Hambletonian victor Tactical Approach at odds of 28-1 in his respective division and Better Is Nice demonstrated the same blazing speed as the favourite in his ...

Tactical Approach

Tactical Approach Lands At Red Mile

August 15, 2023

Hambletonian victor Tactical Approach made his return to the Bluegrass a triumphant one with a win in 1:51.3 in the $80,000 second leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Series for male sophomore trotters on...